Avs goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere isn't happy about the way his teammates have been playing. / Ron Chenoy, USA TODAY Sports

by Jimmy Hascup, USA TODAY Sports

by Jimmy Hascup, USA TODAY Sports

After the NHL's league-worst team dropped its fifth game in a row (and ninth in its last 10) Monday night to the league's second-worst squad, the Calgary Flames, goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere erupted in an epic postgame rant, chronicled by the Denver Post.

"Some guys are more worried about their Vegas trip at the end of the season than playing the games, than playing every minute of the games," Giguere said. "Quite frankly, I don't care about your Vegas trip right now."

Giguere also questioned his team's preparation after a loss in late March. It's one thing to struggle because of a lack of talent -- which Giguere says is not the case with the Avalanche -- and another to lack heart on the rink.

"It's not constructive. We have to find a way to get out of this losing mentality, you know?" Giguere said. "It starts with me and the guy beside me, and everyone has to do their part. ... It's embarrassing. I'm embarrassed to be here right now. It's not even funny."

The 35-year-old has been in the league for 15 years and earned a Stanley Cup ring, so he knows what it takes to compete and win in the NHL.

The Avs finished with 88 points last year, and this was supposed to be a season in which the young team took its next step to again become a legitimate contender in the Western Conference.

Instead, there's been nothing but disappointment, and, according to Giguere, a lackadaisical attitude that's widespread throughout the locker room.

"I don't know why we seem like we don't care at points," Giguere said. "I don't know, I don't know we seem like, you know - some guys are fighting to show that they belong in the NHL, some guys are fighting for contracts. And it's just embarrassing, the way we, you know, the energy we have in the room and the way we approach practices and the way we approach this game.

"It's not how you're going to win any games in this league. I mean, this is a team (Calgary) that we can beat if we set our minds to it, and every day is the same story. I don't know what to say. I'm beyond words right now."